Tongue Necrosis Secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rafael Alex Barbosa de Siqueira Sobrinho, Karolina Cayres Alvino de Lima, Helena Carvalho Moura, Mônica Modesto Araújo, Christyanne Maria Rodrigues Barreto de Assis, Pedro Alves da Cruz Gouveia

“…Reviewing the literature, our patient presented with clinical symptoms consistent with most reports, except for the fact of being male. Although unusual as an initial manifestation, tongue necrosis is an important alert for diagnosing giant cell arteritis. …”
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Primary Angiosarcoma of the Spleen: An Oncological Enigma by Myoteri Despoina, Dellaportas Dionysios, Ayiomamitis Georgios, Strigklis Konstantinos, Kouroumpas Efstratios, Zizi-Sermpetzoglou Adamantia

“…Primary splenic angiosarcoma is an extremely unusual neoplasm originating from sinusoidal vascular endothelium. …”
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Nail Biting as a Cause of Appendicitis by Michael Pagacz, Philip Bao, Juan Carlos Alvarez Moreno, Lydia Howard

“…Regardless of etiology, an appendectomy often ends up the primary treatment, but unusual and rare causes are worth noting if only for the clinician to be aware of when evaluating the next patient with abdominal pain and considering treatment options or future prevention. …”
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Peritonitis due to Moraxella Osloensis: An Emerging Pathogen by Sreedhar Adapa, Purva Gumaste, Venu Madhav Konala, Nikhil Agrawal, Amarinder Singh Garcha, Hemant Dhingra

“…We report a case of peritonitis caused by Moraxella osloensis (M. osloensis), which is an unusual cause of infections in humans. A 68-year-old male, who has been on peritoneal dialysis for 2 years, presented with abdominal pain and cloudy effluent. …”
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Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder in Coeliac Disease: A Case Report and Review by Dennis N. F. Lim, Annelise Wilkins, Laura Elizabeth Horton, Ishfaq Ahmad, Catherine lo Polito, Chris Phillips

“…There are various gastrointestinal manifestations with eosinophilic ascites being the most unusual and rare presentation. Diagnosis requires high index of suspicion and exclusion of various disorders associated with peripheral eosinophilia. …”
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Skeletal Muscle Haemangioma: A Cause for Chronic Pain about the Knee: A Case Report by Kopuri Ravi Kiran, T. V. Suresh Babu, S. Suresh Babu, K. Deepti

“…Many treatment modalities for the symptomatic haemangiomas are available of which surgical excision is the most preferred. We present an unusual case of pain, swelling, and restriction of movements in the right knee following an episode of trauma in a 12-year-old boy who was being followed for 1 year by a general practioner and later referred to us. …”
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Cervical Thymic Cyst in an Adult by Hassan A. Alzahrani, Javeria M. Iqbal, Amani K. Abu Shaheen, Bandar N. Al Harthi

“…Cervical thymic cysts (CTCs) are unusual lesions, representing only 1% of cystic cervical masses. …”
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Symptomatic Isolated Pleural Effusion as an Atypical Presentation of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome by Christine M. Mullin, M. Elizabeth Fino, Andrea Reh, Jamie A. Grifo, Frederick Licciardi

“…The isolated finding of pleural effusions without ascites, as the main presenting symptom of OHSS is not frequently reported and its pathogenesis is also unknown. We describe two unusual cases of OHSS where dyspnea secondary to unilateral pleural effusion was the only presenting symptom. …”
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“Yeni Terörizm”in Geleceğin Güvenlik Ortamına Etkileri: Daeş Örneği by Selim KURT

“…On the other hand, these new terrorist organizations use unusual asymmetric methods to maximize casualties in their actions. …”
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Metastatic Malignant Melanoma of the Inguinal Lymph Node with Unknown Primary Lesion by Sherif Ali Eltawansy, Ryane Panasiti, Samaa Hasanien, Dennis Lourdusamy, David Sharon

“…We present a case of malignant melanoma of unknown primary presenting in an unusual place which is the inguinal lymph node. Theories try to explain the pathway of development of such tumors and one of the theories mentions that it could be a spontaneous regression of the primary cutaneous lesion. …”
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Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi and Neurocutaneous Melanosis by Catarina Araújo, Cristina Resende, Francisco Pardal, Celeste Brito

“…Diffuse spinal involvement is unusual and is described in only another patient.…”
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Renovascular Mistaken as Essential Hypertension due to Giant Hepatic Hydatid: A Rare Treatable Entity by Awaji Qasim Alnami, Liaqat Ali Khan, Said Samir Qeshta, Abdulrahman Alnami, Akram Awad, Waleed Mohalwi, Musa Tumaihi

“…Renovascular hypertension is an unusual but treatable cause of refractory hypertension that is infrequently caused by external compression of the renal vasculature by a giant hydatid cyst, a parasitic infection, caused by Echinococcus granulosus in its larval stage which is endemic in many parts of the world including Saudi Arabia. …”
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Magnetic Apposition across the Epiglottis: Radiographic and Operative Correlation of a Rare Hypopharyngeal Foreign Body by Yeli Pi, Shilpa Radhakrishnan, Yaser Alrajhi, Ravi Bhargava

“…These magnets are best visualized radiographically, typically located in the gastrointestinal tract. However, unusual locations of magnetic adherence may include the hypopharynx along the epiglottis, where only 2 previous cases have been reported. …”
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Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations by Maria Grazia Tranchina, Paolo Amico, Antonio Galia, Carmela Emmanuele, Vincenzo Saita, Filippo Fraggetta

“…Extragnathic ameloblastomas are unusual, and primary sinonasal tract origin is very uncommon with few cases reported in the literature. …”
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Severe Erosive Pill Esophagitis Induced by Crizotinib Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Patrick Jung, Kyle J. Fortinsky, Zane R. Gallinger, Piero Tartaro

“…We present a woman who developed ulcerative esophagitis ten months after beginning crizotinib therapy, which is highly unusual. We believe the provoking factor was a change in her medication administration routine, done to accommodate religious practices during the period of Ramadan. …”
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Treatment of Atypical Bifid Mandibular Condyle Associated with Ankylosis of the Temporomandibular Joint by Katheleen Miranda, André Sander Carneiro, Jennifer Tsi Gerber, Suyany Gabriely Weiss, Leandro Eduardo Klüppel, Rafaela Scariot

“…The bifid mandibular condyle (BMC) is an unusual temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder with controversial etiology. …”
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Complete Heart Block and Persistent Lactic Acidosis as an Initial Presentation of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in a Critically Ill Newly Diagnosed AIDS Patient by Mohsin Ijaz, Hassan Tariq, Masooma Niazi, Dmitry Lvovsky

“…Lactic acidosis and heart block as an initial presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an AIDS patient are an unusual and unique presentation.…”
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Recurrence of Intravenous Talc Granulomatosis following Single Lung Transplantation by Richard C Cook, Guy Fradet, John C English, John Soos, Nestor L Müller, Thomas P Connolly, Robert D Levy

“…Advanced pulmonary disease is an unusual consequence of the intravenous injection of oral medications, usually developing over a period of several years. …”
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An embedded intrusion detection and prevention system for home area networks in advanced metering infrastructure by Sahar Lazim Qaddoori, Qutaiba Ibrahim Ali

“…Abstract With the widespread adoption of smart metres in the power sector, anomaly detection has become a critical tool for analysing customers' unusual consumption patterns and network traffic. …”
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A Novel Chaotic System without Equilibrium: Dynamics, Synchronization, and Circuit Realization by Ahmad Taher Azar, Christos Volos, Nikolaos A. Gerodimos, George S. Tombras, Viet-Thanh Pham, Ahmed G. Radwan, Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan, Adel Ouannas, Jesus M. Munoz-Pacheco

“…It is worth noting that these special systems are different from normal chaotic ones because the classical Shilnikov criterion cannot be used to prove chaos of such systems. A novel unusual chaotic system without equilibrium is proposed in this work. …”
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